Taming Trojan horses: Identifying and mitigating corporate social responsibility risks

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 75, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-170

  Heugens, Pursey ^a   Dentchev, Nikolay ^b  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Corporate social responsibility; Corporate social responsibility risks; Managerial implications; Mitigation strategies; Strategy implementation; Trojan horses

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548740202     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-006-9242-y     Document Type: Article

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